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SOCIAL CALENDAR: The lodge has put together a social calendar for the next year. Please mark your calendars with the dates. Please note some of the new exciting gatherings planned!

THOUGHTS & PRAYERS: Please keep your fellow members and their families in your thoughts and prayers. Please let us know if there are members or family of members that need our prayers.

MONTHLY MEETING: We would love to see your faces! Haven’t been to monthly lodge meeting in a while? Please mark your calendars and join us!

SHELTER: The shelter area is available to Lodge & Auxiliary Members and their families for picnics and other social gatherings. Remember to contact AJ Forneris at 515-971-6711 to reserve the shelter area. Also, the bocce ball court is available for play and there is a fire pit for your enjoyment.

ORDERING LODGE APPAREL: Squire Hutcheson has made arrangements with Adventure in Advertising offering Lodge & Auxiliary Members through a secure website to purchase apparel (polo, T-shirts) with the Lodge logo on it. To obtain a user ID or for more information please contact Squire at 515-577-4283 or email him at squire@squireweb.net.

NEWSLETTER: The lodge would like to hear from you! We are blessed with a monthly newsletter that keeps us informed with current events as well as recipes, history and other entertaining content. We want to know if you would like to continue receiving the newsletter(we hope you do!) and if so, would you prefer to have it mailed or emailed to you. Please contact Rob Fiori, either at carltree@msn.com or mail him at 1717 Falcon Dr. Polk City, IA 50226. If you email him, use “Newsletter” in the subject line. We want to have all responses in by November 17th.

Our last meeting for 2018 will be on November 18th at 2:00 pm. Marie Hutchison and Vicki Hutchison Cook will provide refreshments.

6th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS AT THE LODGE – NOVEMBER 3RD 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Plan to join us for our annual Craft, Vendor and Bake Sale. No charge to attend and all the proceeds from the Cavatelli and Bake Sale go directly to the auxiliary to fund our annual scholarships. We have some amazing vendors lined up this year so please get out and support them!! “Cavatelli-To-Go” will be served from 11:00 to 1:00 so come hungry.

Auxiliary members are asked to donate items for the Bake Sale – drop off Friday Nov 2nd from 5:00 to 7:00 or the morning of the event.

The Memorial Mass will be held Sunday November 4th at 9:00 am. Those being honored by the auxiliary include Wanda Turchi and Mary Ladurini. Donuts and coffee will be served following the mass.

CHRISTMAS PARTY

This year’s party will be held on December 9th at 1:00pm. This event is open to lodge and auxiliary members, widows, and their families. Santa will have gifts for children ages 0 – 10. Please bring along donations of cookies, cakes, etc.… for the cake walk so we have enough for each child to win at least once. As always we will be collecting items for the local food pantry so please bring what you can spare.

JANUARY SOCIAL

We had so much fun last year we are doing it again. Bunco Night – January 12th at 5:00 pm. We will hold our January meeting at 3:00 pm. We will supply pizza – please bring and appetizer, dip, sweet, etc. to share and something for you to drink. Your friends are welcome to join us. Contact Toni Dickey to sign up at: tdickey7511@msn.com or 515-360-7966

At the annual Columbus Day Dinner presented by the Italian American Cultural Center of Iowa, President Jim Forneris of the Vittoria Lodge presented a $7,500 donation to the Cultural Center to be used as a payment on the principal of the Cultural Center’s mortgage.

The donation came from the proceeds earned by the Vittoria Lodge’s efforts at this year’s Italian American Heritage Festival of Iowa.

In appreciation for their donation, the Cultural Center sent a cake and a letter of thanks to the Vittoria Lodge at their October meeting.

Members of the Vittoria Lodge contributed many hours of volunteer work in the planning and execution of this year’s Italian American Heritage Festival of Iowa. The women of the auxilliary also worked in the Vittoria Lodge food booth selling biscotti, guanti, and Blue Bunny ice cream. Proceeds from the festival food booth went towards the Vittoria Lodge Scholarship fund. Below is a slideshow of photos from the food booth. Thanks to all who volunteered!